SACRAMENTO — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded program to give poor people $500 a month in guaranteed income, conceded that he has lost his bid for reelection in Stockton. Four years after winning more than 70% of the...
Dyer’s Roller Coaster Experience Dealing with COVID
Fresno's next mayor is experience a roller coaster of recovery from COVID-19. Just after Fresno Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer told GV Wire℠ his condition was improving, after contracting COVID-19, things took a turn for the worse, again. "The symptoms come and go, but I feel much better this morning. I have a...
California Mayor Who Quit After Criticizing Trump Dies in Crash
AUBURN — The former mayor of a Northern California city who stepped down after he harshly criticized President Donald Trump and his supporters died Saturday in a plane crash, the Sacramento Bee reported. Dr. Bill Kirby, who was the mayor of Auburn, died in the crash Saturday morning near the Auburn...
Gunmen Targeted Jewish Market, Jersey City Mayor Says
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The gunmen in a furious firefight that left six people dead in Jersey City clearly targeted a Jewish market, the mayor said Wednesday, fueling growing suspicions the bloodshed was an anti-Semitic attack. Mayor Steven Fulop refused to call it an anti-Semitic attack but said surveillance video...
Bloomberg: US Would Benefit From More, Not Fewer, Immigrants
PHOENIX — Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that the United States needs “an awful lot more immigrants rather than less.” On his second day campaigning for the Democratic nomination, the former New York City mayor contrasted his views on immigration with President Donald Trump’s restrictive policies and laid out...
Michael Bloomberg Opens Door to 2020 Presidential Campaign
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, signaling his dissatisfaction with the current crop of candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump. Bloomberg has not made a final decision on whether to run, according...
Mayor Brand Cuts Advance Peace, $1.3M from Fresno Budget
A handful of community service officers for the Fresno Police Department and a controversial anti-gang initiative are among $1.3 million sliced from city's next budget by Mayor Lee Brand. Brand laid out seven line-item veto cuts as he announced approval Monday of the city's 2019-20 fiscal year budget. The vetoes...
Buttigieg Criticized at Emotional Town Hall After Shooting
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg said he would call for...
Who's Next to Take on Nunes? 3 Democrats Enter the Ring.
Three Democrats have lined up to take the next shot at Republican Congressman Devin Nunes in 2020. It's an interesting trio. One runs a Fresno auto repair shop. Another bounced in and out of a Fresno City Council race before deciding to throw in for California's District 22 seat. The...
Police Chief Jerry Dyer Jumps Into Fresno Mayoral Race
Jerry Dyer, who often has cut a larger-than-life figure in 18 years as Fresno's police chief, is aiming for an even bigger stage as the city's next mayor. Amid chants of "Jerry! Jerry!" Dyer announced his candidacy at a news conference Wednesday morning at Manchester Center, briefly outlining an approach...